Moving to a New City
Level B1 · ~4 min read · 10 key words
Transliteration
intaqalat ʿāʾilatu Yāsira mina ar-Riyāḍi ilā ʿAmmāna bi-sababi ʿamali abīhi al-jadīdi. fī al-bidāyati shaʿara Yāsirun bil-ghurbati liʾannahu lā yaʿrifu aḥadan hunāka. kānati al-madīnatu mukhtalifatan ʿani ar-Riyāḍi: aṭ-ṭaqsu abradu wa ash-shawāriʿu aḍyaqu wa an-nāsu yatakallamūna bi-lahjatin mukhtalifatin. lākinna Yāsira badaʾa yataʿarrafu ʿalā zumalāʾihi fī al-madrasati al-jadīdati. sāʿadahu ṣadīqun ismuhu Ṭāriqun fī at-taʿarrufi ʿalā al-madīnati. baʿda ʿiddati ashhurin aṣbaḥa Yāsirun yuḥibbu ʿAmmāna kathīran. taʿallama anna at-taghyīra qad yakūnu ṣaʿban fī al-bidāyati lākinnahu yaftaḥu abwāban jadīdatan.
English translation
Yasir's family moved from Riyadh to Amman because of his father's new job. In the beginning, Yasir felt alienated because he did not know anyone there. The city was different from Riyadh: the weather was colder, the streets were narrower, and the people spoke with a different dialect. But Yasir began to get to know his classmates at the new school. A friend named Tariq helped him learn about the city. After several months, Yasir came to love Amman very much. He learned that change may be difficult in the beginning but it opens new doors.